“A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.”

English actor

Jason Statham is an English actor known for playing tough, gritty, or violent characters in action thriller films. He has been credited with helping drive the return of action films in the 2000s and 2010s. His screen persona is closely tied to those roles, and his films have been highly successful at the box office. By 2017, they had grossed more than £1.1 billion, and the films he appeared in had taken over $6.25 billion worldwide.